The Federal Judicial Center Web site has added a dozen new search criteria by which to search for Federal judges.

An expanded research question form now allows users to retrieve a list of all judges who meet the following particular, user-defined criteria:

• Chief Judges
• Court
• Court Type
• Nominating President
• Party of Nominating President
• Nomination Date
• Commission Date
• Retirement from Active Service Date
• Termination Date
• Termination Reason
• Gender
• Race or Ethnicity

Date fields may be defined to select all entries before, after, or on a single date or within a date range.

For example, a user could check off the boxes "Chief Judges" and "Gender" to return a list of all female (or male) Chief Judges.

Previously, the FJC's database of judges was only searchable by the judge's name.