Amy Judd Lieberman, J.D., serves as Deputy Director, Harm Reduction Legal Project. Before joining the Network, Amy worked briefly in litigation after a fellowship with the National Health Law Program (NHeLP). Now, Amy focuses on providing legal technical assistance to community programs across the country and promoting laws and policies that allow people who use drugs to live long, healthy, and dignified lives.

Amy serves on the board of directors of the Sidewalk Project Los Angeles, a drug user- and sex worker-led syringe services program serving the unhoused community in downtown Los Angeles, in addition to providing pro bono legal consultation to other SSPs through the California Syringe Exchange Program (CASEP) Coalition.

Amy received her B.F.A from New York University and her J.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Law.  She is barred in California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.

Articles & Resources

Legality of Dispensing and Administering Expired Naloxone in the District of Columbia

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May 21, 2020
by Amy Lieberman and Corey Davis

This fact sheet discusses whether District of Columbia laws forbid the prescription, dispensing, distribution, possession, or administration of expired naloxone and whether such actions impact the risk of civil liability for medical professionals who prescribe or dispense naloxone or laypeople who distribute or administer it.

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The Network for Public Health Law Launches Harm Reduction Legal Project with Funding Support from Arnold Ventures

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September 13, 2019
by Amy Lieberman and Corey Davis

To address the legal and policy barriers that hamper the establishment and expansion of evidence-based harm reduction measures, the Network for Public Health Law has launched the Harm Reduction Legal Project with support from Arnold Ventures.

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