As Debra Raskin prepares to assume the role of president of the New York City Bar Association, her to-do list includes access to justice and an effort to broaden membership within the organization.

As a partner at Vladeck, Waldman, Elias & Engelhard, a plaintiff labor and employment firm, Raskin said those priorities reflect her concerns about inclusion and using the legal profession’s “unique position” for social good—two principles for which the city bar has always stood.