Laurel Lance

"We don't need to go outside the law ... to find justice."

- Laurel Lance

Dinah "Laurel" Lance (born 1984) is the ex-girlfriend of Oliver Queen, the daughter of Detective Quentin Lance and the sister of the late Sarah Lance. Laurel is part of a group known as the City Resources Necessary Initiative (abbreviated CNRI), that helps people in need.

Season 1
Laurel is a lawyer and works for a legal aid office. She appears to be close friends with Tommy Merlyn, Oliver's best-friend. Five years prior to the pilot, her sister Sarah dies in a violent shipwreck which, also strands Oliver on a remote island. It is also shown that she has been involved with Tommy in past. In Lone Gunman, they agree to give their relationship a try.

In Damaged, Laurel and Oliver kiss. She admits that she still has feelings for him but makes it clear that nothing can ever happen between them. She argues with her father when she chooses to defend Oliver. Laurel tells him he can't blame Oliver fully for Sarah's death or the fact that her mother left them afterwards.