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 ascending CALI Topic(s) Latest update Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
Illegal Promises August 3, 2016
44
194
Hybrid Transactions February 2, 2024
30
98
Good Faith: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 13, 2020
N/A
N/A
Fraud and Misrepresentation August 3, 2016
95
228
Foreseeability: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 18, 2020
N/A
N/A
Foreseeability December 13, 2018
47
113
Express Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 21, 2020
N/A
N/A
Exploring Article 2 February 20, 2019
46
87
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
193
462
Excuse of Conditions: Discussions in Contracts Podcast December 23, 2020
N/A
N/A
Electronic Transactions Under the 2022 UCC Amendments January 16, 2024
13
45
Duress and Undue Influence August 3, 2016
60
243
Drafting a Contract: The Sale of Goods July 2, 2019
122
943
Discussions in Contracts: Federal Jurisdiction Podcast February 11, 2018
N/A
N/A
Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Remedies: Discussions in Contracts Podcast January 30, 2018
N/A
N/A
Defenses May 5, 2023
100
252
Cost of Completion August 4, 2016
31
68
Contracts: Unconscionability and Reasonable Expectations Podcast March 1, 2006
N/A
N/A
Consideration: Advanced Issues August 5, 2016
99
128
Conditions March 14, 2019
165
401