EXHIBIT 5.1

                            Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
                            190 South LaSalle Street
                             Chicago, Illinois 60603



                                 March 14, 2003


Hub Group, Inc.
3050 Highland Parkway
Suite 100
Downers Grove, Illinois 60515


Gentlemen:

         We are acting as special counsel to Hub Group, Inc. (the "Company") in
connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of 600,000 shares of Common Stock to be offered pursuant to the Company's 2002
Long Term Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). In connection therewith, we have examined
or are otherwise familiar with the Company's Amended Certificate of
Incorporation, the Company's By-Laws, the Plan, the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") relating to the shares of
Common Stock, relevant resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, and
such other documents and instruments as we have deemed necessary for the
purposes of rendering this opinion.

         Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the shares of
Common Stock registered on the Registration Statement are duly authorized for
issuance and when issued in accordance with the provisions of the Plan will be
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable shares of the Company.

           We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

                          Very truly yours,


                          /s/ Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
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                          MAYER, BROWN, ROWE & MAW