Carleton R. Cramer

Carleton R. Cramer joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in 2004 as a military faculty member and retired from the Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, in 2007. That same year, he became a civilian faculty member specializing in international law, counterterrorism, and maritime security. In August 2013, he assumed his current role as dean of the College of Security Studies.

Cramer earned a Bachelor of Arts in history and political science with a minor in economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1979. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law, in 1982, graduated from the Naval Justice School in 1983, and earned a Master of Laws from The Judge Advocate General’s School in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1993.

Raised on Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Cramer’s 27-year naval career included multiple assignments in the Asia-Pacific region and two command tours. His regional experience also includes work with the Supreme Court of Hawaii and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Hawaii. He is a member of the California and Hawaii State Bars and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.