I know that anybody who wants to sit the NY Bar must meet both durational and substantive requirements set out by NY State Board of Law Examiners.

The problem is that I only have done a 2-year accelerated LLB and I was wondering whether doing a LLM in the UK would cure the deficiency in the duration of my legal education.

The Board's bar exam eligibility rules state that:

s520.6(1)
"The applicant shall show fulfillment of the educational requirements for admission to the practice of law in a country other than the United States by successful completion of a period of law study in a law school or schools each of which, throughout the period of the applicant's study therein, was approved by the government or an authorized accrediting body in such country, or of a political subdivision thereof, to award a first degree in law, and satisfaction of the following requirements:"

(i)(a) "Durational requirements. The program and course of law study successfully completed by the applicant was substantially equivalent in duration to the legal education provided by an American Bar Association approved law school in the United States"

What above rules seem to indicate is that only the first degree in law (or equivalent) will be considered for the durational and substantive requirements and, therefore, the additional second degree in law in a foreign country such as the UK LLM will not cure any of the deficiencies in the LLB.

Does anybody have anything to share about this?