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New CALI Podcast - Reliance (Promissory Estoppel): Discussions in Contracts

The topic of this podcast by Professor Jennifer S. Martin is when agreements that are not enforceable as contracts because they are not supported by consideration are nevertheless enforceable due to reliance on the promise, often referred to as promissory estoppel. It discusses reliance as it pertains to gift promises, including charitable donations. The podcast examines the rule for promissory estoppel, as set forth in Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 90, as well as the form of remedy permitted in cases based upon reliance. To illustrate, the podcast uses several hypotheticals and looks at the following cases: Kirksey v. KirkseyRicketts v. Scothorn, and Bouton v. Byers.

New CALI Podcast Available: UCC § 2-206, Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Contract: Discussions in Contracts

The topic of this podcast by Professor Scott J. Burnham is how an offeree can accept an offer for the sale of goods under UCC § 2-206. The podcast considers examples of the application of subsections (1)(a) and (b).

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the podcast, the student will be able to:
1. State the default rules under UCC § 2-206(1).
2. Explain when an offeror can vary the default rules.
3. Give an example of “the unilateral contract trick.”
4. Apply the UCC rules to the shipment of conforming and non-conforming goods.

 

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Help! I am Zoning Out!

This lesson is designed to provide students with data about why their attention levels may dip during class or studying, including recent research regarding the effects of digital distractions on concentration. The lesson invites students to reflect upon the reasons they may lose focus and/or concentration while in class or while studying, and provides a robust set of strategies students can use to anticipate and control for that loss of focus, incorporating several free-writes.

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Welcomes New Members to the Board of Directors

At its Annual Membership Meeting on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) Board of Directors appointed five new members to fill the vacancy of outgoing Board Members whose term ended on January 1, 2021. The Nominations Committee conducted 43 interviews and reviewed bios from all candidates. 

All CALI Board members are unpaid volunteers.

New CALI Podcast Available: Assignment & Delegation: Discussions in Contracts.

The topic of this podcast by Professor Scott J. Burnham is when rights under a contract may be assigned to third parties, and when duties may be delegated to third parties. Using hypotheticals to illustrate, it discusses the exceptions that limit the transfer of rights and duties to a third party. The assignability of the right to receive money, and the liability involved with the delegation of a duty to pay money, are also covered. Finally, it examines prohibitions of assignment of rights or delegation of duties, including what it means to enforce such a prohibition. UCC Article 9, UCC § 2-210(5), and UCC § 2-210(6) are discussed.

The Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI) announces the formation of the Legal Research Revision Fellowship.

Serving the need for law students to understand the law better, the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction establishes the Legal Research Revision Fellowship initiative. The Fellowship is composed of seven notable professionals from the legal research community across several U.S. law schools. The Fellowship’s goal is to revise up to 70 CALI Legal Research lessons to reflect today’s teaching pedagogy and current circumstances. All revisions are peer-reviewed by the Fellowship Team. Everyone at the CALI member law schools will have access to these updated lessons in mid-2021.

New CALI Podcast Available: Silence as Acceptance: Discussions in Contracts

The topic of this podcast by Professor Jennifer S. Martin is when silence itself can be acceptance of an offer. Acceptance is simply the name given to an offeree’s action in making the offeror’s promise enforceable. This podcast looks at the exceptional cases where notification of the intention to accept an offer is accomplished by silence.

Learning Outcomes
On completion of the podcast, the student will be able to:
1. Explain that silence is almost never acceptance and that the presumption is against silence is being acceptance.
2. Identify and apply the exceptions to this rule whereby silence can be acceptance:
A. The offeree takes a benefit with the reasonable opportunity to reject it and an expectation of compensation.
B. Where there is prior conduct indicating an offeree should be bound by silence.
C. Where the offeror indicates silence can be acceptance and the offeree intends to accept.
D. Where there is an exercise of dominion by the offeree of the offeror’s property.

Download our new “U.S. Federal Income Taxation of Individuals 2021” casebook to assign for your classroom.

This is the eighth version of this textbook, updated through December 2020 for use beginning January 2021.

In addition to incorporating new law and all inflation adjustments, this 2021 edition incorporates new charts pertaining to economic and tax data, including December 2019 CBO charts showing that income inequality between 2015 and 2020 (with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act enacted in 2017) worsened after taxes and transfers than before taxes and transfers are taken into account.

This textbook is not intended to be an exhaustive treatise; rather, it is intended to be far more useful than that for beginning tax law students by equipping the novice not merely with unmoored detail but rather with a rich blueprint that illuminates the deeper structural framework on which that detail hangs (sometimes crookedly).

Now Available! Download our second edition quick reference guide to passing the bar exam.

This book is designed to provide guidance to law students as they prepare to embark upon bar study. It covers topics such as how to make a study plan, strategies for successful bar study, tips for attacking each portion of the exam, taking care of your mental health, and preparing your loved ones for bar study. The book also provides weekly tips for use during the bar study period, and for exam day itself.

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