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DURHAM – Law students at N.C. Central entertained a historic guest Tuesday – U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.

Roberts presided over the school's moot court competition. It was the first time in the school's 70-year history a chief justice has visited.

Five NCCU law students, including Khalida Lloyd, got the opportunity to argue a case in front of Roberts, something Lloyd said she doesn't take lightly.

"For a law student, or for anyone in this profession, not many people are able to argue in front of the chief justice of the United States Supreme Court – and that is very much correct," Lloyd said. "So just putting that in your head and realizing that a lot of people in the profession haven't done this kind of got you to understand what this opportunity entailed."

Matt Reeder was another law students who received a barrage of questions from Roberts.

"When the chief justice walked out, I jotted down on my legal pad, 'This is awesome,'" Reeder said.

But he said he had a simple method of preparing for the experience.

"Prayer, prayer and more prayer," he said.

But law student John Astle said it was more than prayer that led to the students' success.

"They were grilled heavily and they were all very prepared," Astle said. "All the justices commented on how well the students did. They made our law school very proud."

The event itself was closed to the public and the media, but afterward students said that simply having the chief justice in the courtroom was a special experience.

"His presence on the bench was very calming," Reeder said. "He really gave us a long leash, let us make our arguments."

Reeder and Lloyd won top oralist awards during the event.