<sod>Wurtzel sparked controversy in the legal community by holding herself out as a lawyer in interviews, even though she was not licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abovethelaw.com/2009/07/elizabeth_wurtzel_not_a_lawyer.php |title=Elizabeth Wurtzel: Can She Call Herself a ‘Lawyer’ Without Having Passed the Bar? |publisher=Abovethelaw.com |date=2009-07-27 |accessdate=2010-07-08}}</ref> However, Wurtzel passed the February 2010 New York State bar exam,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nybarexam.org/ExamResults210/WZ210.html |title=Passing February 2010 (W-Z)  |publisher=nybarexam.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-08}}</ref> and was employed at Boies, Schiller & Flexner in New York City for some time. In July 2010, she wrote a proposal in the Brennan Law Center blog for abolishing bar exams.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/testing_testing_what_exactly_does_the_bar_exam_test |title=Testing, Testing… What Exactly Does the Bar Exam Test |publisher=http://www.brennancenter.org |date=2010-07-01 |accessdate=2010-07-01 | first=Elizabeth | last=Wurtzel}}</ref><eod>
<sod>Wurtzel sparked controversy in the legal community by holding herself out as a lawyer in interviews, even though she was not licensed to practice law in any jurisdiction at the time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://abovethelaw.com/2009/07/elizabeth_wurtzel_not_a_lawyer.php |title=Elizabeth Wurtzel: Can She Call Herself a ‘Lawyer’ Without Having Passed the Bar? |publisher=Abovethelaw.com |date=2009-07-27 |accessdate=2010-07-08}}</ref> Wurtzel passed the February 2010 New York State bar exam,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nybarexam.org/ExamResults210/WZ210.html |title=Passing February 2010 (W-Z)  |publisher=nybarexam.org |date= |accessdate=2010-07-08}}</ref> and was employed at Boies, Schiller & Flexner in New York City for some time. In July 2010, she wrote a proposal in the Brennan Law Center blog for abolishing bar exams.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.brennancenter.org/blog/archives/testing_testing_what_exactly_does_the_bar_exam_test |title=Testing, Testing… What Exactly Does the Bar Exam Test |publisher=http://www.brennancenter.org |date=2010-07-01 |accessdate=2010-07-01 | first=Elizabeth | last=Wurtzel}}</ref><eod>