GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Some ladies lunch, but this group of ladies rule!

On a Saturday in February, Spectrum News spoke with Hon. Camille Banks-Prince, Hon. Teresa Raquel Robinson Freeman, Hon. Shamieka Rhinehart, and Keisha Wright Hill about their friendship and how their bond has helped them make a mark on the world around them. 

They have been friends since graduating North Carolina Central Law School back in 1998.

Their journey together took them from their graduation gowns to courtroom robes.

Meet the Ladies:

• Hon. Teresa Raquel Robinson Freeman - District Court Judge - NC District Court 6
• Keisha Wright Hill - Former Juvenile Court Judge - Atlanta
• Hon. Camille Banks-Prince - District Court Judge - NC District Court 21
• Hon. Shamieka Rhinehart - District Court Judge - NC District Court 14

"The foundation we built while at Central has helped us along the way to be able to help each other to ascend to the judiciary and beyond," Hon. Robinson Freeman said.

They travel around the state and the country, from national tv shows to mentoring young women locally, empowering others to follow their lead.

"Particularly for black girls, young black girls, " said Hon. Banks-Prince," We can be more than social media models or actresses. There is no knock on those career paths, but there are other opportunities. There was a need for people to serve in the judiciary  who had practiced law, who understood some of the struggles of the persons coming before us."

"We are a reflection of them, but I also think it is important  to go in the community," shared Hon. Rhinehart. "You always don't want them to see you on the bench because  often times it means  they are in trouble. So what a lot of us do is we go in our communities to talk to young people." 

While they carry the gavel like the judges on tv and movies, they're breaking the stereotype, motioning to show what strong, African American women are truly like  in the real world. 

"A lot of what is out in the media about black women is not positive," said Hon. Banks-Prince. "There is a lot of good that is out there, but some of it is not so positive, so we want to continue to  serve as mentors, leaders, and just examples of what it looks like  to have worked hard, to have gotten your education, to have done the right thing."

Despite the trials along the way, their friendship has always been a safe space to land. 

"We may not see each other everyday , we may not even talk to each other everyday, but when we get together it's just like 1998,"  said Hon. Wright Hill. " It is like nothing has changed. That shows the deep friendship, the deep love that we have for one another."

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