How do I leave a high-paying law job I've lost passion for?

You are good at the law and the money is real, and still the golden handcuffs are tightening while you struggle to remember why you wanted any of it. That hollow feeling is worth listening to. It is not ingratitude. It is you noticing that the reasons you started with have quietly slipped out of view. The pay is not the trap; forgetting is. When the salary becomes the only reason to stay, it holds you in place while telling you nothing about whether you should. You can earn well and still ask the honest question underneath: what did you want before the number became the point, and are you any closer to it now? Give yourself space, away from the billable clock, to answer that plainly. You may decide to stay, or shift practice areas, or use these earnings to buy a different life later. Any of those can be right. What matters is choosing on purpose instead of drifting on autopilot. The handcuffs only hold if you never look at the lock. Start by looking.