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 Title CALI Topic(s) Latest updatesort descending Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
Substantial Performance July 19, 2018
131
208
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
246
469
UCC Remedies: An Introduction July 19, 2018
103
196
Installment Contracts July 22, 2018
19
38
Lack of Capacity October 29, 2018
162
356
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
151
270
Foreseeability December 13, 2018
71
118
Warranties February 13, 2019
136
377
Exploring Article 2 February 20, 2019
54
225
Accord and Satisfaction February 20, 2019
11
20
Modification February 20, 2019
46
79
Liquidated Damages February 20, 2019
48
84
Restitution February 20, 2019
68
115
UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer is in Breach February 20, 2019
160
209
Mitigation February 20, 2019
47
75
Misunderstanding and Mistake February 20, 2019
97
291
Understanding Fixtures: Section 9-334 of the Uniform Commercial Code February 21, 2019
2
2
Conditions March 14, 2019
226
395
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts March 26, 2019
113
243
Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods July 2, 2019
379
936