Scott J. Burnham

Scott J. Burnham spent most of his long career at The University of Montana and Gonzaga School of Law, where he was the Curley Professor of Commercial Law. He taught in the areas of contracts, commercial law, and intellectual property. Professor Burnham received his J.D. and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law in 1974 and 1981. Between degrees, he practiced in New York City with a distinguished firm and after its dissolution continued as a sole practitioner. He has been a visiting professor at Santa Clara, Tennessee, Western New England, Memphis, UNLV, Hawaii, Ohio State, Cardozo, Vytautas Magnus (Lithuania) and SWUPL (Chongqing, China). Under the auspices of Fulbright, he taught at Montevideo (Uruguay) and Can Tho (Vietnam). He is the author of numerous law review articles in the fields of contracts, consumer law and legal education. Among his books are Contract Law for Dummies (Wiley) and Drafting and Analyzing Contracts: A Guide to the Practical Application of the Principles of Contract Law (4th ed. Carolina Academic Press). He is a past President of CALI and a member of the ALI. You can reach him at scottjburnham at gmail.com

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This table shows Lessons and podcasts by this author. It includes Lesson title, CALI Topics for the Lesson, the date the Lesson was published on the CALI website, the date the Lesson was last updated, and run/usage totals for the past 30 and 120 days.

Note: usage information for podcasts is not available here and is marked as N/A.

Lesson Title CALI Topic(s) Latest update Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
ITT v LTX. An Interactive Exploration of UCC Article 2 August 9, 2016
16
38
Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods July 2, 2019
191
359
The Parol Evidence Rule January 8, 2021
184
755
A Copyright Primer January 28, 2020
15
107
Exploring Article 2 February 20, 2019
7
251
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts March 26, 2019
50
199
Lack of Capacity October 29, 2018
50
208
Duress and Undue Influence August 3, 2016
72
227
Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) September 23, 2020
162
295
Misunderstanding and Mistake February 20, 2019
150
262
Fraud and Misrepresentation August 3, 2016
32
153
The Statute of Frauds April 10, 2023
171
529
Illegal Promises August 3, 2016
43
169
Defenses May 5, 2023
49
211
Conditions March 14, 2019
89
243
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
27
136
Warranties February 13, 2019
93
357
Liquidated Damages February 20, 2019
18
47
Specific Performance January 4, 2023
23
84
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
85
335