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

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 updatesort descending Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
Substantial Performance July 19, 2018
34
88
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
85
335
UCC Remedies: An Introduction July 19, 2018
31
177
Installment Contracts July 22, 2018
9
33
Lack of Capacity October 29, 2018
50
208
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
27
136
Foreseeability December 13, 2018
16
51
Warranties February 13, 2019
93
357
Modification February 20, 2019
12
100
Liquidated Damages February 20, 2019
18
47
Restitution February 20, 2019
13
93
UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer is in Breach February 20, 2019
13
177
Mitigation February 20, 2019
15
40
Misunderstanding and Mistake February 20, 2019
150
262
Exploring Article 2 February 20, 2019
7
251
Accord and Satisfaction February 20, 2019
1
31
Understanding Fixtures: Section 9-334 of the Uniform Commercial Code February 21, 2019
N/A
4
Conditions March 14, 2019
89
243
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts March 26, 2019
50
199
Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods July 2, 2019
191
359