It says that “the widespread adherence” that the legal system should be “race neutral” is halting efforts by lawyers to challenge racism, especially among police officers.
By encouraging lawyers to be “race neutral” the report details how they are not effectively able to highlight or tackle discrimination, even though they “are in a unique position” to do this.
The research involves the views of more than 30 legal practitioners in England and Wales during focus group sessions in 2021. This included solicitors, defence barristers and paralegals.
According to the Howard League, lawyers detailed “the opposition they faced in the courts when highlighting the roles that race and ethnicity may have played” by those in the justice system “particularly the police”.
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