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������ý’s Elisabeth Haub School of Law is proud to announce that Diego Gomez ‘22, Center Attorney at the Legal Hand Call-In Center serving Westchester County, has been named a 2025 Wunderkind by Westchester Magazine’s 914INC. The annual Wunderkinds list honors the region’s most dynamic and innovative young professionals under the age of 35.

When the virtual Legal Hand Call-In Center serving Westchester County launched at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at ������ý in 2023, Diego Gomez was pivotal in its success. Initially, Diego started as the Center’s Manager and grew into the role of the Center’s Attorney. Through the Legal Hand Call-In Center serving Westchester County, highly trained non-lawyer Volunteers and law students provide free legal information, resources, assistance, and referrals (not legal advice) to virtual Visitors who live, work, or go to school in Westchester County. Volunteers work to help Visitors resolve important issues impacting their life in areas such as housing, immigration, family, domestic violence, public benefits, employment, and many more. Originally established in 2015 in New York City, Legal Hand also has virtual Call-In Centers in Suffolk, Nassau, Schenectady, and Albany Counties.

The 914INC. Magazine article on Diego notes that he has been at the heart of the Center and played a key role in its growth – helping establish it, expanding outreach, increasing community awareness and access to justice. Diego also trains and supervises Haub Law students and local volunteers on how to assist calls from virtual visitors and treat them with the same compassion as if they were a client present in the room. “It is incredibly meaningful to be recognized as a Wunderkind,” said Diego. “This work is about empowering people with knowledge and resources so they can confidently navigate legal challenges.”

The Legal Hand Call-In Center is an all-virtual resource center for community members, with office space on the third floor of Aloysia Hall at the Law School. Legal Hand works to prevent and resolve problems before they become legal actions and to empower neighbors to help neighbors. Law student and community Volunteers must complete a significant formal training process before participating and Diego is crucial in this aspect. The virtual help is language accessible with a language line available for callers who require translations, Diego provides pivotal in this aspect as well, as he is fluent in Spanish and French as well as English.

“I am proud to be part of a mission that centers community and justice and this is one step in the direction of bringing about change on a larger scale,” shares Diego.