Biography
Emeritus Professor Rosalind Croucher AM FRSA FACLM (Hon) FAAL FRSN TEP has over 40 years’ experience in the legal academy and government roles. After serving as Dean of Macquarie Law School (1999–2007) and Sydney Law School (1997–2007), she was appointed to the Australian Law Reform Commission, where she led a number of significant law reform inquiries. After serving as President of the ALRC for over seven years (2009–2017), Professor Croucher was appointed as President of the Australian Human Rights Commission for a seven year term (30 July 2017 to 29 July 2024). After almost 18 years in federal government agency roles, Professor Croucher commenced a five-year term as Information Commissioner and CEO of the Information and Privacy Commission NSW on 2 June 2025. She has lectured and published extensively, principally in the fields of property, equity, legal history, and public policy. Professor Croucher has received many accolades for her contributions to public policy and outstanding contributions to the legal profession. In 2007, she became a Foundation Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. In 2011, she was recognised as one of the 40 ‘inspirational alumni’ of UNSW, where she gained her PhD in legal history. In 2014 Professor Croucher was acknowledged for her contributions to public policy as one of Australia’s ‘100 Women of Influence’ in the Australian Financial Review and Westpac awards. For her ‘outstanding contribution to the legal profession’ role she was awarded the Australian Women Lawyer’s award and in 2019, the NSW Women Lawyers’ Association gave her their Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2015, she was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for ‘significant service to the law as an academic, to legal reform and education, to professional development, and to the arts’. In October 2016, Macquarie University conferred on her the title of Emeritus Professor and in 2018 and 2020 she was awarded honorary LLDs by UNSW and Macquarie University respectively. In her non-legal life, Rosalind plays the oboe and cor anglaise, and sings with the Bar Choir.
