In this scientific article we take a look about education and that, one of the important components in the education of future specialists is language training. So, the main goal of teaching languages at a university is the formation and improvement of skills and abilities in the educational and professional sphere of communication, both orally and in writing. In this regard, the problem of studying language and literature by law students seems to us actual. For this reason we created self-education "Electronic multimedia textbook on the Russian language for law students" and we have discussed in this article its features, one of them is, that in the process of studying the program material, the student has the opportunity to receive current reference information. To do this, in our tutorial there is a section Reference, where a student with the help of a video can find commenting, interpretation, clarity of words and phrases, which interesting to him/her. Also we see, that the material of the textbook supports and enhances the interest of pupils and students of national groups in the country of the target language, which in turn contributes to the implementation of the principles of connection between learning and life and the development of cognitive activity of students.