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
The Statute of Frauds April 10, 2023
35
282
Substantial Performance July 19, 2018
50
84
Tips for Multiple Choice Exams in Law School Podcast October 3, 2006
N/A
N/A
Title in UCC Article 2 March 12, 2025
205
206
UCC Remedies: An Introduction July 19, 2018
57
111
UCC Remedies: Buyer's Remedies When the Seller is in Breach January 4, 2023
187
198
UCC Remedies: Seller's Remedies When Buyer is in Breach February 20, 2019
175
186
UCC Warranties February 6, 2025
39
319
UCC § 2-206, Offer and Acceptance in Formation of Contract: Discussions in Contracts Podcast November 5, 2020
N/A
N/A
Understanding Fixtures: Section 9-334 of the Uniform Commercial Code February 21, 2019
1
1
Understanding the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) November 10, 2023
8
251
Unjust Terms (Unconscionability) September 23, 2020
65
130
Void, Voidable and Unenforceable Contracts March 26, 2019
79
192