We were stunned and disappointed that The Legal Intelligencer ran a practice column last week under the headline, “Third Circuit Wants You to Be Home in Time for Supper With Your Wife and Kids.”

In discussing the possible reasons the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit was proposing a rule change for its appellate procedures that would move the electronic filing deadline from midnight to 5 p.m., columnist Howard Bashman reinforced harmful gender stereotypes about lawyers and their caregiving roles. The headline, read in context with the rest of his column, implied that the lawyer who needed to be home “in time for supper” was a male lawyer. Arguably, he could have been referring to a female or nonbinary lawyer who is married to a woman, but the rest of the column belies that conclusion.

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