The “Mentorship Matters” podcast is part of The Quill & Sword series of podcasts created by The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS) in Charlottesville, VA. “Mentorship Matters” is hosted and produced by the School's Leadership Department with the vision of helping to create an engaged, inclusive, and accountable organization that empowers all members to lead with principled counsel and steward the profession through servant leadership. This podcast features interviews with leaders from across the U.S. Army JAG Corps, Retired JALS Personnel, Academic Leaders, and Army Senior Leaders. The interviews discuss how mentorship has affected their personal journey, their insights on leadership, and other relevant topics.

The Leadership Department was created in June of 2019 and is the premier leadership institute for the U.S. Army JAG Corps. The Leadership Department is committed to providing exceptional leadership education, instruction, and resources to JALS personnel; while improving how JAG Corps’ leaders develop their teams and lead their organizations. We hope you enjoy the “Mentorship Matters” podcast.

Episode 5: Interview with CSM Michael J. Bostic, Regimental Command Sergeant Major
18 June 2024
In this edition of the Mentorship Matters podcast, MAJ Ben Asare, a member of the 72nd Army JAG Graduate Course, interviews Command Sergeant Major Mike Bostic, the Army JAG Corps Regimental Sergeant Major. In this episode, MAJ Asare and RSCM Bostic delve into the significance of mentorship, its impact on personal and professional growth, and the key ingredients for fostering meaningful mentor-mentee relationships. To learn more about the Army JAG Corps’ Leadership Center and to access additional resources please visit https://tjaglcs.army.mil/center/leadership-department or https://tjaglcs.army.mil/trp.

Episode 4: Interview with MG Joseph Berger, the 22nd Deputy Judge Advocate General
12 June 2024
In this edition of the Mentorship Matters podcast, COL Rob Abbott, the U.S. Army JAG Corps’s Leadership Center Director, interviews MG Joseph Berger, the 22nd Deputy Judge Advocate General. This interview provides insight on MG Berger’s personal leadership philosophy, expectations he has for leaders, and personal lessons learned. To learn more about the Army JAG Corps’ Leadership Center and to access additional resources please visit https://tjaglcs.army.mil/center/leadership-department or https://tjaglcs.army.mil/trp.
This episode is dedicated to our friend and teammate CW3 Melanie Sellars.

Episode 3: Interview with TJAGLCS Command Sergeant Major and 27D AIT/NCOA Commandant Josh Quinton
11 August 2023
In this special edition of the Mentorship Matters podcast, CW3 Shaniqua Coley has a conversation with TJAGLCS Command Sergeant Major and 27D AIT/NCOA Commandant Josh Quinton prior to his pending retirement. CSM Quinton has served just over 30 years in the Army as an Infantryman and Paralegal. In this conversation you will hear one of the most senior NCOs in the JAG Corps share some final thoughts on how mentorship has shaped his career and how others can use mentorship to help steward the force. To learn more about the Army JAG Corps’ Leadership Department and to access additional resources please visit Leadership Department or TRP.

Episode 2: Interview with LTG (Ret.) Flora Darpino
14 July 2023
In this episode of the Mentorship Matters podcast, COL Rob Abbott, the Army JAG Corps’ Leadership Center Director, interviews LTG (R) Flora Darpino, the 39th Judge Advocate General of the Army. This interview took place at The Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School in Charlottesville, VA during the 2nd annual MG Gray and LTC Propp-Fowle Lecture on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. To learn more about the Army JAG Corps’ Leadership Center and to access additional resources please visit Leadership Department or TRP.

Episode 1: Introduction to the Leadership Department
14 July 2023
In this episode of the Mentorship Matters podcast, CW3 Shaniqua Coley and COL Rob Abbott discuss the history, mission, and current and future initiatives of the U.S. Army JAG Corps’s Leadership Center. To learn more about the U.S. Army JAG Corps’s Leadership Center and to access additional resources please visit Leadership Center or TRP.