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
18
47
Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods July 2, 2019
591
928
The Parol Evidence Rule January 8, 2021
476
990
A Copyright Primer January 28, 2020
17
104
Exploring Article 2 February 20, 2019
44
236
Lack of Capacity October 29, 2018
181
347
Duress and Undue Influence August 3, 2016
87
233
Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) September 23, 2020
90
316
Misunderstanding and Mistake February 20, 2019
87
274
Fraud and Misrepresentation August 3, 2016
105
206
The Statute of Frauds April 10, 2023
245
547
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts March 26, 2019
100
220
Illegal Promises August 3, 2016
43
189
Defenses May 5, 2023
110
224
Conditions March 14, 2019
199
352
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
162
266
Warranties February 13, 2019
116
352
Specific Performance January 4, 2023
67
127
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
217
429
An Introduction to Contract Remedies May 8, 2023
130
258