The 5th Annual Solo in the Park autocross competition comes to Knoxville’s Chilhowee Park July 11-12. Sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America, the event features sports car enthusiasts driving a timed precision course. All proceeds benefit Knoxville Family Justice Center and Legal Aid of East Tennessee. For general event information, call (865) 637-0484.

Newly appointed Judge J. Eddie Lauderback will be sworn into office at 10 a.m. tomorrow in Courtroom 7 of the Justice Center in Jonesborough. Gov. Bill Haslam will conduct a more formal swearing in ceremony at a date and time to be determined, the Washington County Bar Associated announced today.

Richard Hughes, public defender for the 10th Judicial District, will host a three-hour seminar tomorrow to explain the process by which certain felony offenders may have the opportunity to expunge their criminal records. The session will run from 4 to 7 p.m. at Hughes’ office, 85 Central Ave. in downtown Cleveland. An editorial in the Cleveland Banner encourages area residents to take advantage of the opportunity.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to visit Middle Tennessee on Wednesday, the Tennessean reports. According to a White House official, the president will discuss how the nation can build on progress made under the Affordable Care Act during remarks at the Taylor Stratton Elementary School in the Madison area. It will be Obama’s third visit to the region in the past year and a half.

The public is invited to attend a screening of selected excerpts from the award winning film “Freedom Summer” by Stanley Nelson and a conversation with Dr. Bernard Lafayette and Dr. C.T. Vivian on how the ideas and practices from the summer of 1964 still echo today. The free event will be July 11 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Nashville Main Library, 615 Church St. For more information, contact Andrea Blackman. 

Losers Bar and Grill in Cool Springs will host a benefit for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. For $15, guests will receive a beer ticket and an all-you-can-eat BBQ chicken buffet. Alternatively, guests can purchase a $5 drink ticket and participate in games of cornhole. Tickets can be purchased online or at the door. Losers will donate all event proceeds directly to Williamson County CASA and Nashville CASA, two nonprofits that serve abused and neglected children in their respective communities. Franklin Homepage has more.

The Association of Women Attorneys (AWA) will hold its 4th Annual Golf Tournament on June 26 at Mirimichi. Festivities will get underway with lunch at 11:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The entry fee includes lunch, drinks tickets, post play drinks and appetizers. All proceeds will benefit Memphis Area Legal Services and the Community Legal Center. For more information and registration go to www.awamemphis.org

The Jewish Federation of Greater Chattanooga will hold it eighth annual First Amendment Dinner July 14 at 6 p.m. at the Jewish Cultural Center, 5461 N. Terrace Rd., the Chattanoogan reports. The keynote speaker will be Morris Dees, Alabama attorney and founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center. The cost is $12 before July 9. RSVP to (423) 493-0270 ext. 10 or by email. 

Legal Aid of East Tennessee will host Pro Bono Night & the Donald F. Paine Memorial Pro Bono Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on July 28 at 5:30 p.m. Learn more about it.

Vanderbilt law professor Brian Fitzpatrik will host a live Twitter question-and-answer session Tuesday at 2 p.m. about the U.S. Supreme Court’s upcoming decision on same-sex marriage. Questions can be tweeted in advance or during the event by using the hash tag #AskVU. Fitzpatrick is an expert on constitutional law, judicial politics and federal courts. He was in the courtroom April 28 when the court heard arguments on several same-sex marriage cases.