The Bar Code was founded by former California Bar Exam Grader and Adjunct Law Professor, Whitney Roberts in late 2003 as a private tutorial program exclusively for repeat-takers of the California Bar Exam.

The major activities of The Bar Code are to provide bar review course and private bar exam tutoring service as well as workshops, small classes, individualized tutorials and publications designed for first-time for California, New York, Arizona and Nevada.

Each year, The Bar Code donates five writing program scholarships to students in the Sacramento area unable to pay for bar review services. The Bar Code also offers the Essay Writing Workshop in a webinar format for distance students. All tutors offer distance private tutoring on a phone/email basis. Unfortunately, the Essay Intensive and Performance Test programs are LIVE.