Overview Ohio State Legal Services Association (OSLSA), founded in 1966 by the Ohio State Bar Association, is committed to searching out the patterns, causes of, and solutions to the repetitive and fundamental legal problems facing low income Ohioans and pursuing the legal recourse needed to address those problems through its three components: Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS) and the Legal Aid Society of Columbus (LASC), which represent and advocate for low-income Ohioans in 36 Ohio counties, and the Ohio Poverty Law Center (OPLC) which assists all Ohio legal services programs through legislative and administrative policy research, analysis and advocacy. In 2015, SEOLS and LASC closed more than 20,000 cases, in state and federal administrative, trial and appellate proceedings, helping low-income families in Southeast and Central Ohio resolve a broad range of civil legal issues.