Laurel Lance (Earth-1)

"''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 called CNRI that helps people in need.

History
Laurel is a lawyer and works for a legal aid office. She is close friends with Tommy Merlyn, Oliver's best-friend. Five 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.

Background in other media

 * Dinah Lance is the Black Canary in the original comic.