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 Titlesort descending CALI Topic(s) Latest update Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
143
322
Exploring Article 2 February 20, 2019
26
231
Express Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 21, 2020
N/A
N/A
Foreseeability December 13, 2018
55
84
Foreseeability: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 18, 2020
N/A
N/A
Fraud and Misrepresentation August 3, 2016
84
166
Good Faith: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 13, 2020
N/A
N/A
Hybrid Transactions February 2, 2024
15
69
Illegal Promises August 3, 2016
28
173
Implied Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast January 21, 2021
N/A
N/A
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
130
233
Installment Contracts July 22, 2018
11
28
ITT v LTX. An Interactive Exploration of UCC Article 2 August 9, 2016
14
42
Lack of Capacity October 29, 2018
152
309
Liquidated Damages February 20, 2019
33
60
Misunderstanding and Mistake February 20, 2019
143
237
Mitigation February 20, 2019
35
57
Mitigation: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 18, 2020
N/A
N/A
Modification February 20, 2019
19
48
Overview and Sources of Contract Law October 6, 2021
270
850