Selected Articles in a Periodical

• Civility Under Attack: Responding With… Civility, 53 Mitchell Hamline L. Rev. (2026 forthcoming)
• Why Civility?, 57 U. Tol. L. Rev. 421 (2026) (symposium Issue)
• The NCAA Changes Its Tune Because People Are No Longer Listening to Its Old Hits, 21 U. St. Thomas L.J. (forthcoming 2025) (symposium issue)
• Angry at Herbstreit, 13 Miss. Sports L. Rev. (forthcoming 2025) (symposium issue)
• Standard 303 and the Development of Student Professional Identity: A Framework for the Intentional Exploration of the Profession’s Core Values, 20 U. St. Thomas L.J. (forthcoming 2024) (co-author)
• Civility Rules: Debunking the Major Myths Surrounding Mandatory Civility for Lawyers and Five Mandatory Civility Rules That Will Work, 37 Geo. J. Legal Ethics (forthcoming 2024)
• What About Us? How Law Schools Can Help Historically Underrepresented Law Students Develop Their Professional Identities, 75 Mercer L. Rev. 1483 (2024)
• Preparing for the Inevitable—Compensating College Athletes For Playing—By Comparing Two Pay-For-Play Methods: The Duke Model Versus the Free Market Model, 53 U. Mem. L. Rev. (Symposium Issue, Forthcoming 2023)
• Getting to the Root of the Problem: Where are All the Black Owners in Sports?, 91 UMKC L. Rev. (Symposium Issue, Forthcoming 2023)
• How a Person of Faith Can Address Imposter Syndrome, Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy, Considerations (2023 Forthcoming)
• The Phantom Menace to Professional Identity Formation and Law Success: Imposter Syndrome 47 U. Dayton L. Rev. (2022 Forthcoming)
• Marianist Law Schools: Demonstrating the Courage to be Catholic 60 J. Cath. Legal Stud. (2022)
• It's Worth a Shot: Can Sports Combat Racism in the United States? 12 Harv. J. Sports & Ent. L. 237 (2021)
• An Intersection of Gender, Race, and Sports: Guidelines for Universities Determining Whether to Suspend Athletes Accused of Title IX Violations 9 Berkeley J. Ent. & Sports L. (2020)
• A Lesson in Civility 32 Geo. J. Legal Ethics 135 (2019)
• The Blue Devil's in the Details: How a Free Market Approach to Compensating College Athletes Would Work 46 Pepp. L. Rev. 203 (2019)
• The Duke Model: A Performance-Based Solution for Compensating College Athletes 83 Brook. L. Rev. 157 (2017)
• The Continued Exploitation of the College Athlete: Confessions of a Former College Athlete Turned Law Professor 95 Or. L. Rev. 223 (2016)
• Long Live Bohatch: Why A Law Firm Partner Can Be Fired For Following The Rules Of Professional Conduct 34 Miss. C. L. Rev. 15 (2015)
• Improving The Law School Classroom And Experience Through Prayer: An Empirical Study 13 Ave Maria L. Rev. 68 (2015)
• You are Not Alone: What Law Schools Must Do to Help Law Students with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Issues 10 HLRe 7 (2019) (Online)
• The High Costs of Incivility 43 Student Lawyer, Issue 8, 24 (April/May 2015)
• An Uprising of Civility In Texas 5 HLRe 1 (2014) (Online) (solicited)
• Why Should I Become An Associate At A Large Law Firm? And If I Do, Then What Should I Expect And How Do I Succeed? 41 Rutgers L. Rec. 65, 2014 (Online)
• Making Civility Mandatory: Moving from Aspired to Required 11 Cardozo Pub. L. Pol'y & Ethics J. 239, Spring 2013
• Enforcing Civility: Holding Attorneys To A Higher Standard Of Conduct American Bar Association's 39th Annual National Conference on Professional Responsibility, Program Materials, May 2013
• How Low Can You Go? Analyzing Deposition Misconduct and Avoiding Common Deposition Mistakes American Bar Association 2013 Environmental, Mass Torts and Products Liability Litigation Committees' Joint CLE Seminar, Program Materials, January 2013
• Tales From the Abyss: What Does It Take to Get Disbarred These Days? American Bar Association 2012 Environmental, Mass Torts and Products Liability Litigation Committees' Joint CLE Seminar, Program Materials, January 2012
• Take One Step Forward: Federal Courts Continue To Find That Volunteers Are Shielded From Retaliation Based On Protected Speech Under The First Amendment 10 First Amend. L. Rev. 99 [Univ. of North Carolina Sch. of Law, Fall 2011 (lead author)
• Ten Step Guide To Oral Argument for Junior Attorneys San Francisco Daily Journal June 8, 2010
• Four Critical Tips for Taking Your First Witness ABA Mass Torts Newsletter, Spring 2010

Selected Media Highlights

• Reuters, “People think lawyers are jerks. Can ‘civility oaths’ help?,” December 3, 2025
• Associated Press, “Nepotism debates surrounding LeBron and Bronny James stem from a longstanding stigma in America,” October 17, 2024
• USA Today, “Super Bowl 2024: Family heritage, nepotism have tight grip on NFL (usatoday.com),” February 8, 2024
• ESPN, “Why critics say a Trump-era Title IX rule hurts coaches' ability to discipline athletes accused of sexual misconduct,” March 4, 2022
• Boston Globe, “I don't need Eminem's knee. I need the NFL to own its systematic racism problem.”, February 17, 2022
• Instant Replay, KSAT ABC Channel 12 San Antonio, “St. Mary's law professor weighs in on paying student athletes,” November 3, 2019
• ABA Journal, “Lawyer speech triggers both civility and constitutional concerns,” September 1, 2019
• Fortune, “Nike Should Stop Sponsoring Colleges Until Student-Athletes Can Get Paid,” February 28, 2019
• San Francisco Chronicle, College football 'revenue games': What's in it for the smaller schools?, September 12, 2018
• Houston Chronicle, “NFL policy is about divide and conquer,” June 2, 2018
• San Antonio Express-News, “Sports an example for a divided society,” October 2, 2017
• Vice Sports, “Amateurism Isn't Educational: Debunking the NCAA's Dumbest Lie,” June 14, 2017
• Athletic Business, “Everybody is getting paid except the college athletes,” June 2017
• Nate & Creight SB Nation Radio, “College Athletes Pay-for-Play Model,” March 31, 2017
• Lawdragon Campus, “St. Mary's Law School Provides Students a Sense of Mission,” August 29, 2016
• CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Company), “Penny Oleksiak is famous - now what?”, August 17, 2016
• Sports can help, but equality comes with systemic change, San Antonio Express-News, October 30, 2016
• Texas Public Radio's The Source, “Should We Pay College Athletes?” May 4, 2016
• San Antonio Express-News, “St. Mary's law prof says NCAA student-athlete rules are unfair,” April 18, 2016
• The New York Times, “When an Olympian Goes to College, Riches Stay Out of Reach,” April 17, 2016
• San Antonio Express-News, “Experts on Perry Lawyers: You Get What You Pay For,” July 26, 2015
• WOAI NBC News Channel 4 San Antonio, “How Deep Does Courthouse Corruption Run,” July 16, 2015

Selected Presentations

Professor Grenardo has given over 155 presentations. Listed below are some of his most notable presentations:

International

• Panelist, “Confronting and Understanding Racism in Sport,” 4th Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Barcelona, Spain, December 11, 2024 (solicited)

• Panelist, “Lawyers as Leaders: Civility and Professional Responsibility in Divided Times,” American Bar Association Ethical Lawyer Series, Live Webinar, November 20, 2025 (virtual)
• Panelist, “Teaching Civility and Civil Discourse as Leadership Development,” Southeastern Association of Law Schools’ (SEALS), Amelia Island, FL, July 27, 2025
• Speaker, “Professional Identity and Civility, From Law School to Practice,” National Legal Mentoring Consortium 2024 Virtual Conference, October 24, 2024 (virtual) (solicited)
• Moderator, “Understanding Professional Identity Formation and Integrating Professional Identity Formation into the Required Curriculum (including in Professional Responsibility and Ethics Courses),” AALS Discussion Group, AALS Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 5, 2024
• Speaker, “The Phantom Menace to Professional Identity Formation and Law Success: Imposter Syndrome,” Institute for Law Teaching & Learning Summer 2023 Conference: Compliance with ABA Standards, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, Sacramento, California, June 2, 2023
• Speaker, “Mandating Civility—Yes or No?”, American Inns of Court 2021 National Conversation on Civility, October 21, 2021 (virtual) (solicited)
• Speaker, “The Phantom Menace to Professional Identity Formation and Law Success: Imposter Syndrome,” Professional Identity Formation and Bias in Legal Education, AALS Balance Section Professional Identity, October 15, 2021 (virtual)
• Panelist, “Effective Advocate or Just a Jerk? The Ongoing Discussion of Lawyer Incivility,” American Bar Association’s 46th Annual National Conference on Professional Responsibility, June 2, 2021 (virtual) (solicited)
• Panelist, “Policing Lawyer Manners: The Complicated Question of Civility Compliance,” 2015 American Bar Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, August 2, 2015 (solicited)
• Moderator and Panel Creator, “The Legal Profession Has Had One Too Many: What Law Schools and State Bars Can Do To Identify and Help Law Students Who Have Substance Abuse or Mental Health Issues,” American Bar Association’s 41st Annual National Conference on Professional Responsibility, Denver, CO, May 29, 2015
• Lead Panelist, “Making Civility Mandatory: Holding Attorneys to a Higher Standard of Conduct,” American Bar Association’s 39th Annual National Conference on Professional Responsibility, San Antonio, TX, May 31, 2013

Symposia

• Speaker, “Then, Now, and Next: The Evolution of Lawyer Civility and Professionalism,” 2026 Toledo Law Review Symposium: Civility & Professionalism in a Changing Legal World, Toledo, OH, February 27, 2026
• Moderator, “The State of College Sports,” University of St. Thomas Law Journal Spring Symposium: Emerging Issues in Sports Law, Minneapolis, MN, April 12, 2024
• Speaker, “How Law Schools Can Help Historically Underrepresented Students Develop Their Professional Identities,” 24th Annual Georgia Symposium on Ethics and Professionalism, Mercer University School of Law, Macon, GA, March 8, 2024
• Speaker, “The NCAA Changes Its Tune Because People are No Longer Listening to Its Old Hits,” University of Mississippi School of Law’s 14th Annual Mississippi Sports Law Review Symposium, Oxford, MS, March 1, 2024
• Speaker, “Preparing for the Inevitable—Compensating College Athletes For Playing—By Comparing Two Pay-For-Play Methods: The Duke Model Versus the Free Market Model,” The University of Memphis Law Review Annual Symposium: (How Much) Should We Pay Them? The Shifting Legal Landscape of Collegiate Competition, Memphis, TN, February 24, 2023,
• Panelist, “Will Race and Gender Affect which Student Athletes Profit from their Name, Image, and Likeness?,” UMKC School of Law Sports Law Symposium: The Arc of Race in Professional & Collegiate Sports, September 10, 2022 (virtual)

State

• Speaker, “Raising the Bar for Lawyer Conduct: The Case for Mandatory Civility,” Lawyers Professional Responsibility Seminary 2025, St. Paul, MN, October 3, 2025 (solicited)
• Speaker, “Raising the Bar for Lawyer Conduct: The Case of Mandatory Civility,” Justice James H. Coleman, Jr., Inn of Court, New Jersey, Webinar, September 30, 2025
• Speaker, “Raising the Bar for Lawyer Conduct: The Case for Mandatory Civility,” State Bar Association of North Dakota Annual Meeting 2025, Bismarck, ND, June 12, 2025 (solicited)
• Presenter, “Mandatory Civility Codes – Are They a Good Idea?,” Texas Center for Legal Ethics Webinar, March 21, 2025 (via Zoom) (solicited)
• Speaker, “Raising the Bar for Lawyer Conduct: The Case for Mandatory Civility,” New Hampshire Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting 2025, Manchester, NH, February 21, 2025
• Panelist, “The Lawyer’s Role in Protecting the Rule of Law, Civil Discourse, and the Courts,” New Hampshire Bar Association’s Midyear Meeting 2025, Manchester, NH, February 21, 2025
• Keynote Speaker, “Civility Rules: Debunking the Major Myths Surrounding Mandatory Civility and Five Mandatory Civility Rules That Will Work,” Bench Bar Breakfast, State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX, June 21, 2024
• Presenter, “Civility Rules: Debunking the Major Myths Surrounding Mandatory Civility for Lawyers and Five Mandatory Civility Rules that will Work,” Working with Human Nature Rather than Against It – from the Rules to the Next Right Thing, Minnesota State Bar Association Well-Being Committee, May 22, 2024 (solicited)
• Panelist, “Feeling Good by Doing Good,” Minnesota State Bar Association Pro Bono Week Webinar Panel, October 23, 2023 (via Zoom) (solicited)
• Presenter, “The Role of Judges in Civility,” Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA, February 25, 2022 (solicited)
• Panelist, “First Generation Lawyer Challenges and Tools,” Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program’s Remote Well-Being Wednesday Speaker Series, February 24, 2021 (via Zoom) (solicited)
• 2017 Mart Vogel Lecturer on Professionalism and Legal Ethics and Panelist, “You’re Not Alone,” North Dakota State Bar Annual Meeting, June 16, 2017 (solicited)
• Panelist, “Ethics and Sports: Stepping Onto the Field,” The Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Texas State Bar Convention, Fort Worth, TX, June 16, 2016
• Panelist, “Ethics & Sports Law: The Sporting Life,” The Entertainment and Sports Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, Texas State Bar Convention, San Antonio, TX, June 18, 2015

City

• Moderator, “Inside the NIL Playbook: Strategy, Compliance & Execution,” Minnesota State Bar Association and the Sports, Art & Entertainment Law Section, Minneapolis, MN, March 20, 2025
• Panelist, “Representing Student Athletes and Athletic Organizations: A Panel Discussion on Ethical Issues Impacting Amateur Sports,” Minnesota State Bar Association and the Sports, Art & Entertainment Law Section, Minneapolis, MN, May 16, 2023
• Guest Speaker, “Civility in the Law, Life and Relationships,” Young Catholic Professionals San Antonio Chapter, Executive Speaker Series, San Antonio, TX, September 1, 2015

Presentations at Other Schools

• Lecturer, “Mandatory Civility Rules,” Miller Becker Center for Professional Responsibility Spring 2025 Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Akron School of Law, Akron, Ohio, April 24, 2025 (solicited)
• Panelist, “Connecting Leadership and Professional Identity to Values, Authenticity, and Civility,” Wake Forest University’s School of Law and Program for Leadership and Character Inaugural Leadership and Character in the Law Conference, March 28, 2025 (solicited)
• Speaker, “The Phantom Menace to Professional Identity Formation and Law Success: Imposter Syndrome,” FIU College of Law Faculty Colloquium, Miami, Florida, January 19, 2024 (solicited)
• Speaker, “Imposter Syndrome & Coping with Law School,” University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) School of Law, Dean Leadership Academy Webinar, March 15, 2022 (solicited)
• Speaker, “Can Good Lawyers Finish First? – Civility & Success in Big Law,” Duke University School of Law’s Christian Legal Society and Black Law Students’ Association, Duke University School of Law, Durham, NC, February 6, 2014