[5] Croucher's academic expertise as a lecturer and researcher is in the fields of equity, trusts, property, inheritance and legal history.

[5] Croucher was appointed a full-time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission by the Howard government in 2007 and was made President in 2009.

[3] On 20 June 2017, Attorney-General George Brandis announced that Croucher would be appointed President of the Australian Human Rights Commission in place of Gillian Triggs.

[6] In March 2018, Croucher wrote a report recommending that compensation be awarded to a man because he was refused employment by banking and insurance company Suncorp Group.

[5] She was recognised as one of the 40 ‘inspirational alumni’ of the University of New South Wales in 2011 and was acknowledged for her contributions to public policy as one of Australia's ‘100 Women of Influence’ by the Australian Financial Review and Westpac.