Kristina L. Niedringhaus is Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library at the University of South Carolina Joseph F. Rice School of Law. Her teaching portfolio includes courses in research methods, advanced legal research, and law practice technology, and her scholarship spans legal research pedagogy, technology competency, ethics issues related to legal research and technology, and law librarianship. She has been honored with multiple awards, including the Maleski Award for Teaching Excellence and recognition as one of the Influential Women in Legal Tech by the International Legal Technology Association.

She currently serves as Treasurer of the American Association of Law Libraries and on the Board of Directors of CALI, including two terms as President.

Prior to the Joseph F. Rice School of Law, she served as Associate Dean for Library, Information Resources, Legal Technolofy, and Innovation and Faculty Director of the Legal Analytics & Innovation Initiative at Georgia State University College of Law.