| A business card is a small "calling card" which | | | | recall names easily, so a business card takes out the |
| advertises a business or service offered. Information | | | | guess work. That business card is also a small, |
| found on a business card includes the business name, | | | | comforting link to the help they need. |
| individual contact person, and various ways to contact | | | | I highly recommend that paralegals have their own |
| the service provider, including address and telephone | | | | business cards. These can be prepared by a printing |
| numbers. Today, business cards also include email | | | | company, or prepared on blank business cards and run |
| addresses and web site information. | | | | through a laser printer. Another option if a boss would |
| Paralegals communicate with many people. Often, an | | | | prefer their own business cards used by the paralegal |
| attorney's clients will stay in regular contact with his | | | | - prepare small mailing labels with the paralegal's name, |
| paralegal. This is because a legal assistant is generally | | | | direct phone extension and business email address, |
| more accessible than the attorney and can be | | | | and affix the labels to the back of the firm cards. |
| depended on to route important information between | | | | Typed information looks more professional than just |
| the two. | | | | writing it by hand. |
| When a paralegal meets with a new client to gather | | | | A paralegal may have occasion during personal |
| pertinent information it is usually the first contact that | | | | activities to hand out a business card or two. A friend |
| client has had with the firm and that employee. Handing | | | | or relative may need legal assistance. The firm |
| them a business card at meeting's end is a | | | | employee may witness an accident. A conversation |
| professional touch. Clients appreciate having easy | | | | about needed services can crop up anywhere and |
| access to telephone numbers and even the paralegal's | | | | any time. If a paralegal is equipped with business cards, |
| name. Often the circumstances that led them to an | | | | professional networking is a breeze. |
| attorney's office are unsettling. They might not initially | | | | |