I have been admitted to the LLM program of LSE and it is likely that I may recieve a scholarship that will cover all tution and living expenses. However, I would like to obtain NY bar for various reasons and I am required to have at least an American LLM. In this case I thought completing a 2-year JD would be better to avoid all those LLM graduates vs. JD graduates discussion regarding US qualified attorneys.

Is there anybody who has done something similar? Any other thoughts are also more than welcome.