When they learned of the dismissal of seven professors, professors/assistant professors of the law school of Kyoto Imperial University (current law department of Kyoto University) stood together with the principal of the school, (current dean) Kamematsu NIHO being in the center, arguing that authority over personal issues of professors should belong to faculty councils.
7教授罷免に際して京都帝大法科大学（現・京大法学部）の教授・助教授たちは仁保亀松学長（現在の学部長）を中心に結束し、教授の人事権は教授会にありと主張した。