On November 2, 2018, an open lecture of the investigating judge, deputy chairman of the Volodarsky district court of Kyiv region Oleksandr Tkachenko on the topic "Powers of the investigating judge in the court of first instance and control over the observance of the rights, freedoms and interests of persons in criminal proceedings" took place at the Educational and Research Institute of Law.

During the lecture, Alexander Tkachenko told the scientific-pedagogical staff and students of the NN YU about the practical aspect of the activity of such a new subject of the criminal process as an investigating judge. In particular, the speaker disclosed the grounds and procedure for applying to the investigating judge, the peculiarities of submission of documents, rules for drafting procedural documents.

A special interest in the students was the practice of giving advice to the investigating judge, examples of the most resonant cases in its proceedings. At the end of the event, Alexander Tkachenko advised students how to become a judge.