Rule *122-5 - Standards for Appointment of Counsel in Non-Capital Homicide PCRA and all other PCRA Cases(A)Qualifications for CounselAn attorney may be appointed as counsel in PCRA and other post-conviction matters, only if that attorney:
(1) Has been admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania or has been admitted to practice pro hac vice;(2) Has experience, within the past two years, as PCRA counsel in no fewer than two cases in which a PCRA hearing has been held, or has completed one Continuing Legal Education program on Pennsylvania post-conviction practice within the past year;(3) Has participated in the preparation and litigation of three criminal adversarial hearings where factual issues were contested, and has comparable experience. (This may include the two PCRA hearings required in paragraph 2.);(4) Is readily available to accept appointments.Amended September 20, 2019, effective 12/2/2019