The Status Checker

How to set up LSD.Law's status checker, check every school portal with one click, and read what each status means.

The status checker logs into your school portals for you and shows each school's current status in one table on your profile.

It only runs when you ask it to. Nothing checks in the background, so press Check All whenever you want fresh statuses.

Set it up

Add the school to your profile if it isn't there already.
In your applications table, find the Status Check column and click Set up on that school's row.
Tick Enable Status Checking and enter the username (or email) and password you use for that school's portal. For schools that use the LSAC portal, that's your LSAC login.
Click Save. We check that school right away, and the row shows its status when the check finishes.

Repeat for each school. After that, one press of Check All checks every school you've set up.

Check All

Check All appears above your applications table once you've set up at least one school. It checks every school with the status checker turned on and updates each row as results come back.

After each Check All there's a short wait before you can press it again: 10 minutes on a paid plan, 45 minutes on a free account. The button shows a countdown while you wait.

What the Status Check column means

You see	What it means	What to do
Not configured	The checker isn't set up for this school.	Click Set up.
Not checked yet	Your login is saved, but this school hasn't been checked.	Press Check All.
Checking...	We're logging into the portal now.	Wait a moment.
A status, like Under Review	The latest status from the portal. "Updated" shows when it was checked. A NEW badge means it changed recently.	Click Details to see the portal's exact wording.
Status Unknown	We tried, but couldn't read the portal.	Try again later. Schools sometimes change their portals.
Invalid Password, Invalid Credentials, Account Not Found, or Password Expired	The portal rejected the login, so checking is turned off for that school.	Click Set up, fix the login, and save.

Good to know

It doesn't change your decision. The checker shows what the portal says. When you get a decision, update the result on your application yourself.
Some schools aren't supported. For those, the setup window says so and links to the school's own portal.
Your login is encrypted and used only to check that school's portal. To stop, open Configure and untick Enable Status Checking. To keep your saved password while changing something else, leave the password field blank.
New decisions can alert other applicants. When a check finds a new decision at an LSAC-portal school, others who applied there may get an alert that decisions are going out. The alert names the school, never you.

Try it

Open your profile, set up one school, and press Check All. Then see how your school compares on heard back.