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 update Runs Past 30 Days Runs Past 120 Days
Specific Performance January 4, 2023
20
141
Expectation Damages July 19, 2018
48
438
An Introduction to Contract Remedies May 8, 2023
19
248
Certainty August 4, 2016
8
77
Restitution February 20, 2019
15
105
Foreseeability December 13, 2018
12
114
UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer is in Breach February 20, 2019
30
224
Mitigation February 20, 2019
6
78
UCC Remedies: An Introduction July 19, 2018
17
195
Overview and Sources of Contract Law October 6, 2021
94
670
UCC Remedies: Buyer's Remedies When the Seller is in Breach January 4, 2023
33
194
Cost of Completion August 4, 2016
7
65
Implied Terms December 12, 2018
11
250
Warranties February 13, 2019
26
298
Conditions March 14, 2019
50
399
Defenses May 5, 2023
28
247
Illegal Promises August 3, 2016
17
188
The Statute of Frauds April 10, 2023
30
543
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts March 26, 2019
28
223
Lack of Capacity October 29, 2018
12
327