As part of our series of articles about race and the legal industry, Dechert London trainee Jonathan Burke pens his thoughts on the unhelpful argument of U.K. vs U.S. racism and how the legal profession must do better when it comes to diversity.

George Floyd’s death at the hands of four police officers has been the catalyst for protests throughout the USA and further afield, including here in the U.K. This senseless killing was not an isolated incident. Rather it is the latest symptom of a larger, systemic issue.