Scott 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
A Copyright Primer January 28, 2020
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104
Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) September 23, 2020
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315
Assignment and Delegation October 29, 2020
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UCC § 2-206, Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Contract: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 5, 2020
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Good Faith: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 13, 2020
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Assignment and Delegation: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 18, 2020
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Foreseeability: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 18, 2020
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Certainty: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 7, 2020
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Accord and Satisfaction: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 10, 2020
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Tortious Interference: Discussions in Torts Podcast December 17, 2020
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Mitigation: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 18, 2020
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Express Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 21, 2020
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Excuse of Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 23, 2020
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The Parol Evidence Rule January 8, 2021
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Implied Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast January 21, 2021
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Third Party Beneficiaries: Discussions in Contracts Podcast February 3, 2021
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Priority Between a Secured Party and a Party with a Lien: Discussions in Secured Transactions Podcast February 3, 2021
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Purchase Money Security Interests Part II: Discussions in Secured Transactions Podcast February 12, 2021
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Priority Between Secured Parties: Discussions in Secured Transactions Podcast March 9, 2021
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Overview and Sources of Contract Law October 6, 2021
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