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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CALI Lessons

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
Hybrid Transactions February 2, 2024
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Electronic Transactions Under the 2022 UCC Amendments January 16, 2024
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Understanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) November 10, 2023
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Priority Between Secured Parties: Discussions in Secured Transactions Podcast March 9, 2021
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Purchase Money Security Interests Part II: Discussions in Secured Transactions Podcast February 12, 2021
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Third Party Beneficiaries: Discussions in Contracts Podcast February 3, 2021
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Priority Between a Secured Party and a Party with a Lien: Discussions in Secured Transactions Podcast February 3, 2021
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Implied Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast January 21, 2021
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Excuse of Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 23, 2020
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Express Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 21, 2020
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Mitigation: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 18, 2020
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Tortious Interference: Discussions in Torts Podcast December 17, 2020
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Accord and Satisfaction: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 10, 2020
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Certainty: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 7, 2020
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Foreseeability: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 18, 2020
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Assignment and Delegation: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 18, 2020
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Good Faith: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 13, 2020
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UCC § 2-206, Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Contract: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 5, 2020
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Parol Evidence Rule: Discussions in Contracts Podcast March 8, 2018
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Warranties: Discussions in Contracts Podcast March 8, 2018
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