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
122
298
Exploring Article 2 February 20, 2019
18
223
Express Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 21, 2020
N/A
N/A
Foreseeability December 13, 2018
47
76
Foreseeability: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 18, 2020
N/A
N/A
Fraud and Misrepresentation August 3, 2016
72
154
Good Faith: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 13, 2020
N/A
N/A
Hybrid Transactions February 2, 2024
16
68
Illegal Promises August 3, 2016
20
164
Implied Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast January 21, 2021
N/A
N/A
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
118
218
Installment Contracts July 22, 2018
13
29
ITT v LTX. An Interactive Exploration of UCC Article 2 August 9, 2016
12
39
Lack of Capacity October 29, 2018
136
290
Liquidated Damages February 20, 2019
27
53
Misunderstanding and Mistake February 20, 2019
133
224
Mitigation February 20, 2019
32
54
Mitigation: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 18, 2020
N/A
N/A
Modification February 20, 2019
13
42
Overview and Sources of Contract Law October 6, 2021
278
839