About OSLSA
Ohio State Legal Services Association
OSLSA is a nonprofit law firm founded in 1966 by the Ohio State Bar Association. We have a direct service component (Southeastern Ohio Legal Services) and a State Support Center. Our administrative offices and our State Support Center are located in Columbus. Our direct service offices are located throughout central and southeastern Ohio, covering 30 counties.
Our direct service component, Southeastern Ohio Legal Services (SEOLS), provides free legal representation to low-income clients in a number of civil legal problems. SEOLS does not provide criminal defense representation. SEOLS handles public benefits, housing, unemployment compensation, family, consumer, education, employment, health and other matters. A current list and description of the major cases presently handled by the Ohio State Legal Services Association in southeastern Ohio and statewide may be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader: SEOLS current significant litigation docket.
OSLSA receives state grants from the Ohio Legal Assistance Foundation and federal grants from the Legal Services Corporation.
OSLSA is governed by a 23-member board of trustees, which includes client-eligible and attorney members.
It is OSLSA's goal to act as general counsel to our client community. We are committed to searching out the patterns, causes, and solutions of the recurring and fundamental legal problems facing our client community, and seeking legal recourse necessary to redress the grievances of our clients, both as a community and as individuals.
About the OSLSA State Support Center
The State Support Center provides assistance to the staff of legal services offices in the six legal services regions in Ohio through co-counseling, specialty assistance and consulting, training, task forces, publications, and to the extent permitted by federal law, legislative and administrative advocacy. The State Support Center consists of six attorneys. Each statewide attorney focuses on one or more substantive areas. The State Support Center manages the Ohio Statewide Legal Services Web Site.
